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> A higher level language (python, perl, C, etc) program would be your
> best bet as they already have the XML parsing and data handling
> libraries that will make this task a cinch.
>> 1. Load the list of IDs into a searchable list
> 2. Using a SAX parser compare the ID of every node against the list
> 3. Done!
Oops I should read more carefully. He asked what a real programmer would do.
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